Territory



(4Y0 Model.) 4 S. T. HARRINGTON.

COMBINED CANDLE HOLDER AND GAP NI PPER.

No. 406,441. Patented July 9, 1889.

\ I A 7 i'- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN TIMOTHY HARRINGTON, OF BUTTE CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY.

COMBINED CANDLE-HOLDER CAP-NIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,441, dated July 9, 18 89.

Application filed Tannery 25, 1889. Serial No. 297,541. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, STEPHEN TIMOTHY HAR RINGTON, of Butte City, in the county of Silver Bow, Montana Territory, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oombined Candle-Holders and Oap-Nippers, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, ,clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvement in use; Fig. 2, a top plan view of the candle-holder and brad, the nippers being removed; Fig. 3, an enlarged top plan View of the nippers detached; Fig. 4., a sectional view representing the nippers in use, and Fig. 5 an elevation showing a section of fuse with the cap attached.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the diiferent fig-. ures of the drawings.

My invention relates to a combined candleholder and cap nipper which is especially adapted for use by miners and persons engaged in similar occupations; and it consists in certain novel features, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the objectbeing to produce a simpler, safer, and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

It is well known that it is common for miners to attach an explosive cap to a fuse bybiting the same with their teeth or indenting the cap with a knife or similar article. This frequently causes the cap to explode and often results in serious injury.

My invention is designed particularly to obviate these and other objections, and to that end I make use of means which will be readily understood by persons conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the fuse; B, the cap; G, the candle-holder considered as a whole, and D the nippers.

The fuse and cap are of the ordinary form and construction.

The body of the candle-holder consists of a metallic rod 1), sharpened at one end cZ,where by it may be readily driven into a post or support E, or other convenient position. At the butt or larger end m of the holder is attached an upwardly-projecting hook f, by which it may be suspended when it is not practicable to employ the brad for sustaining it in position, Opposite the hook f is secured a loop or socket g, consisting of a metallic plate having a free end it, and adapted to receive the candle H, the end h being left free, so that the plate may be readily bent or compressed around the candle and retain it firmly in its socket.

The holder is provided at the end opposite the point cZ with a notch i, adapted to receive a catch on the nippers D and detachably secure said holder therein, as hereinafter described. The nippers comprise a body portion is, provided with a curved or circular handle Z, and in its opposite or front end with a longitudinally-arranged chamber p, adapted to receive the butt m of the holder 0. Arod q is pivoted at r to the body of the nippers, and is provided with an arm t,which projects downward through an opening '0 into the chamber 19, in position to engage the notch tin the holder 0 and lock it in said nippers. A flat spring 10 is secured to the body of the nippers and engages the long arm' of the rod q, its purpose being to hold said rod in engagement with the notch in the holder 0. In the side of the body 70, opposite the pivoted rod q, is formed a circular groove 02, provided with a centrally disposed outwardly -projecting brad 2, said groove forming the fixed jaw of the nippers. A handle y is pivoted at 15 to the body is, and projects rearwardly within the handle Z, its end being bent at 25 to form a finger-loop or handle proper. The handle y is provided on its forward end with a curved jaw 35, adapted to register with the jaw m, and provided with an inwardly-projecting brad 45. A flat spring 55, secured to the handle y, engages the handle Z, and acts expansively to keep the jaws a: and 35 separated.

It will be seen that when the holder 0 is secured in the chamber 19 of the nippers the candle may be inserted in the loop or holder proper g, and the device readily transported. When it is desired to employ the nippers, the point (Z of the holder is driven into a support E, and by depressing the long arm of the pivoted rod (1 the nippers may be withdrawn from said holder.

To attach the cap B to the fuse, itis disposed between the jaws m and 35, (see Fig. 4,) and the handle y forced against the spring 55, thereby bringing said jaws together and causing their brads to indent the cap at 7 5, drivingit into the fuse and securing it thereto in a manner that will be readily understood without a more explicit description.

Having thus explained my invention,what I claim is 1. A eandleholder comprising an elongated pointed body provided with a flexible holder proper and a supportinghook, the head of said body being notched to receive a springcatch projecting into the holder-chamber of the cap-nippers, substantially as described.

2. The improved nippers herein described, consisting of a body provided with a curved handle and a groove forming the fixed jaw thereof, a pivoted handle projecting within said curved handle and having a jaw registering with said fixed jaw, and inwardly-projecting brads on said jaws for indenting the cap, substantially as described.

3. Cap-nippers comprising a body having a curved groove forming the fixed jaw and a circular handle, a handle pivoted to said body and provided with a curved jaw registering with said fixed jaw, brads in said jaws for indentin g the cap, and a spring for keeping said jaws distended, substantially as described.

4. The nippers 1), comprising the body 7r, having the handle Z and groove on, the handle y, pivoted to said body and provided With the jaw 35, the brads .2 and 45, and the spring 55, for distending said jaws, all being arranged to operate substantially as described.

5. The holder 0, having the point cl, holder proper g, and notch i, in combination with the nippers D, provided with the chamber 1), for receiving said holder, and the spring-actuated rod q, for detachably securing it therein, substantially as described.

STEPHEN TIMOTHY HARRINGTON. Witnesses:

TIMOTHY HARRINGTON, DENIS SULLIVAN. 

